International Economic Week in Review: Another Week of Goods News

            Global economic news continues to be largely positive.  The Japanese economy is growing although weak inflation is still a problem.  News from the EU points to a continent poised for additional growth while the UK has yet to experience the much-predicted post-Brexit recession.  While Canada’s month GDP figure was unchanged, this reading comes amid a solid year of continuous expansion, which means this month’s weakness is most likely an aberration.